Archive for September 19th, 2007

Conflict in the Middle East, Earthquakes are hitting Indonesia, planes are crashing and the price of gas is still going sky high.

Some things never change. What we can do about the gas part, though, is still slightly within our hands.

While using my old man’s CRV, i was pissed off at being unable to find a good website for my local area (Singapore) which updates the pricing of gas/petrol around the country.

My North American friends have one in Gas Buddy. It’s really comprehensive, and a bit confusing for me to read. Looks like a tutorial on economics!

But recently i stumbled upon a Singaporean page which monitors gas pricing…

Yeap. No fancy names. Petrolwatch sets out exactly to fufill it’s basic purpose: Petrol (or gas) watch!

What i understand was Petrolwatch used to be free a while ago. Of course things change over time. The news section is still free.

But to recieve SMS alerts on updated petrol prices, SMS alerts on special discounts and promotions by petrol stations, Personal Petrol Logbook and other related freebies, one has to PAY. (yes, the dreaded 3 letter Singaporean vulgarity).

For the meticulous who dread such promotions and focus on their one aim: Save gas money, there’s the price guru to help you save those few cents.

For those who love a bit of fame (or need attention to hitch yourself a chick and end your misery) there’s always ‘spotlight on your ride‘. Yes, we’ve all seen this somewhere aka pimp my ride and cardomain.com, but hey, we can always have a singapore version, can’t we, mon ami*?

*Mon Ami is ’mate/friend/buddy’ in french. If you think i am too gwailo in my speech, I will use the Singapore slang for friend: XIAO EH!

For my Singapore xiao ehs who are unfamiliar with the evil gwailo trading portal called e-bay, there is a classified section in petrolwatch for you to sell your used fake momo pedal, your china made car, whatever.

There is also a blog section (with some guy’s creepy looking photo) and a forum. Errr…please post constructive stuff in the forum. Be nice!

Conclusion? It’s a Nice *Borat style thumbs up*. But Petrolwatch is a bit too fancy. They should just stick to updates on petrol. I’m rather old school though, some may like the additional information portals, classified ads, blind dates whatever thrown in.

Just help me to save petrol and the earth. That’s an Inconvenient Truth to throw in.